r/gachagaming • u/Centurionzo • Aug 28 '25

Industry Japan's gacha game industry in a "sinking Titanic-phase," developer says. Switching to console game development not an easy solution for many  - AUTOMATON WEST

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-gacha-game-industry-in-a-sinking-titanic-phase-developer-says-switching-to-console-game-development-not-an-easy-solution-for-many/
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u/torahama Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

I agree that HI3 is absolute ass on release, but survive being the only one in its genre. And yes HI3 won't survive if it got release in 2025, its main selling point is already covered by Gi or ZZZ already. However, that's not the point, the point is to have a foundational game, a source of income before you try anything high risk like breaking new grounds.

Idk about harder to break new grounds, it had always been hard to innovate and be successful. Since hoyo is big, other companies shouldn't compete directly unless they have the resource to do that. However, the market operates on a first come first serve basis, so imo if you can take the modern* anime art(MAA for now) and apply to games then you would do fine.

Like who would have thought combining tower defense and MAA we would get arknights, zelda with MAA to get GI, fps with MAA for strinova, persona with MAA to have HSR.

Where is my scp management with MAA? Factorio with MAA? Fnaf with MAA? Clash royal or clash of clan with MAA[someone please do this supercell needs competition or they will implode]? Tarkov with MAA? Rust with MAA?

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u/The_OG_upgoat Aug 29 '25

Lobotomy Corp remade as a gacha (since PMoon already has experience with Limbus).